While WEC 48’s official attendance and gate revenue figures fell just short of the promotion’s initial estimates, the event was still an unqualified success and set the company’s record in terms of revenue.

The California State Athletic Commission today released a final report on the event and said 12,555 paid attendees packed the ARCO Arena this past Saturday to watch current featherweight champ Jose Aldo take on hometown favorite and former champ Urijah Faber.

The event produced a total of $954,635 in gate receipts, an average cost of $76.04 per ticket issued.

The official figures were lower than those announced at the evening’s post-event press conference by UFC president Dana White, who said the event drew 14,144 fans for $1 million in gate receipts (The CSAC did not release unpaid or “comp” ticket numbers).

While the WEC name was dropped from the marketing of “Aldo vs. Faber,” a necessity, White revealed, due to the multi-network marketing of the event, the event featured a pair of WEC title fights. Featherweight champion Aldo earned a dominant five-round decision over Faber to retain his belt in the evening’s main event, while Ben Henderson defended his lightweight title with a first-round submission of Donald Cerrone.

The main card aired live on pay-per-view, while Spike TV featured a pair of prelim fights.

The revenue figure bested the previous mark set by the WEC at June 2009’s “WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber II” event, which was also held at ARCO Arena. That event drew 13,027 fans and earned a live gate of $815,415.

In fact, the WEC’s top four gates, all earned over the past 22 months, have all been events at ARCO Arena.

As the UFC 189 tour made its last stop in Dublin, featherweight champ Jose Aldo was met with a torrent of abuse from the Irish fans. It might have been unpleasant, but it might also have been just what he needed.